Clinical characteristics of infantile hemangiomas with aggressive, persistent, and destructive ulceration

Clinical characteristics of infantile hemangiomas with aggressive, persistent, and destructive ulceration

Background/Objectives Ulceration is a common complication of infantile hemangioma (IH). Severe, persistent ulceration occurs in a minority of patients. This study aims to characterize the clinical features of IH with aggressive ulceration (AU). Methods Multicenter retrospective study of clinical fea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric dermatology 2023-11, Vol.40 (6), p.996-1002
Hauptverfasser: Gautam, Ayushi, Frieden, Ilona J., Shah, Sonal D., Witman, Patricia M., Harfmann, Katya, Bradley, Flora, Blei, Francine, Pope, Elena, Alsumait, Anwar, Gupta, Deepti, Covelli, Isabela, Streicher, Jenna L., Cotton, Colleen, Tollefson, Megha, Nguyen, Henry, Hunt, Raegan, Buros, Amy, Fernández Faith, Esteban
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Sprache:eng
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aggressive ulcerationhemangioma
Babies
Hemangioma
infantile hemangioma
Pediatrics
Phenotypes
Skin diseases
ulceration
Ulcers
vascular anomalies
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Zusammenfassung:Background/Objectives Ulceration is a common complication of infantile hemangioma (IH). Severe, persistent ulceration occurs in a minority of patients. This study aims to characterize the clinical features of IH with aggressive ulceration (AU). Methods Multicenter retrospective study of clinical features of IH with AU. Results Thirty‐five patients with AU were identified and included in the study. The majority of AU occurred in segmental IH (23/35, 65%). Segmental IH with AU were large (≥10 cm2; 16/23, 69%, p 
ISSN:0736-8046
1525-1470
DOI:10.1111/pde.15444